The Standard Insurance Center, originally the Georgia-Pacific Building, is a 27-story office building in
Portland, Oregon
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. Completed in 1970, it currently serves as part of the headquarters of
The Standard, the brand name under which Standard Insurance Company and other subsidiaries of
StanCorp Financial Group, Inc., do business. Standard also owns the 16-story
Standard Plaza, located two blocks south along 5th Avenue.
History
The Georgia-Pacific Building was commissioned by
Georgia-Pacific and designed by the firm of
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM).
At the time of construction, it was the tallest reinforced concrete building in the world. It was completed in 1970.
When Georgia-Pacific left Portland, the Standard Insurance Company purchased the building in 1984 for $43 million, renamed it Standard Insurance Center, and removed all GP signage.
Details
Standing tall, the tower contains 27 above-ground stories.
Valued at $114 million, the structure contains of space.
Built of concrete and steel, the tower is considered Modernist in style.
One major tenant was the
Stoel Rives law firm, which leased the top nine stories at the building
until 2016. ''The Quest'', an elaborate sculpture considered Portland’s largest single piece of white sculpted marble, is in front of the building. An untitled chrome sculpture is tucked away in the building's basement.
See also
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Architecture of Portland, Oregon
Portland architecture includes a number of notable buildings, a wide range of styles, and a few notable pioneering architects.
The scale of many projects is relatively small, as a result of the relatively small size of downtown-Portland blocks ( ...
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List of tallest buildings in Portland, Oregon
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''The Quest'' (Portland, Oregon) (1970)
References
External links
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Office buildings completed in 1970
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Modernist architecture in Oregon